A Sustainable Economy for the Future

Juliet Schor

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Seven Stories
01 August 2011

Politics & government; Economics & Business; Sustainability

In this groundbreaking pamphlet, Juliet Schor, author of The Overworked American, examines how Americans can begin making the shift away from a resource-destructive society to one that values the environment, community, and quality of life above business and profit. She a traces back how after W.W.II, Americans had hoped that technology and social investment would yield shorter work weeks, more pay, and complete healthcare. Instead, we work more, get paid less, and maintain an indecent adult minimum wage. Where did we go wrong? Schor's pamphlet charts an economic vision based that aims to reduce work hours, increase leisure, create new work schedules that are not operating on a ""male"" model of employment, create green quotas and industry-wide environmental standards, alternative housing and transportation, raise minimum wage, restructure labor relations, change corporate culture, and promote social accountability. The pamphlet ""sets the guideposts,"" writes Noam Chomsky, ""for constructive thinking and action to save our country from becoming a plaything for investors and transnational corporations, and to place its fate in the hands of its citizens.""

By: Juliet Schor
Imprint: Seven Stories
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 171mm, Width: 108mm, Spine: 1mm
Weight: 65g
ISBN: 9781888363753
ISBN 10: 1888363754
Publication Date: 01 August 2011
Audience: Adult education , Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for A Sustainable Economy for the Future

“Juliet Schor's lucid and expert analysis is very much what is needed to convert the current harangue over economic policy to an informed debate.” –Noam Chomsky “Not just another liberal wish-list, A Sustainable Economy offers the first coherent program for social justice and ecological sanity.” –Barbara Ehrenreich